{"id":1531,"date":"2015-05-15T16:52:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T16:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tdbank2.site.findly.com\/why-choose-us\/diversity\/"},"modified":"2022-10-27T09:34:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T09:34:10","slug":"diversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tdbank4.site.findly.com\/en-CA\/why-choose-us\/diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Commitment to Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='layer_slider_1' class='avia-layerslider main_color avia-shadow  container_wrap fullsize'    style='height: 376px;' ><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='secjobsearchbar' class='avia-section main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling avia-bg-style-scroll   container_wrap fullsize'   ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1531'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='secMainCopy' class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells   container_wrap fullsize'   >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth  navCell  \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:0px 0px 0 0px ; background-color:#efeff4; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div first  \" ><div class='avia-builder-widget-area clearfix '><div id=\"nav_menu-7\" class=\"widget clearfix widget_nav_menu\"><div class=\"menu-why-us-english-can0-container\"><ul id=\"menu-why-us-english-can0\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-2063\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-2063\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tdbank4.site.findly.com\/en-CA\/why-choose-us\/\">Why Choose Us<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-2065\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2065\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tdbank4.site.findly.com\/en-CA\/why-choose-us\/awards\/\">Our Awards<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-2067\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2067\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tdbank4.site.findly.com\/en-CA\/why-choose-us\/benefits\/\">Benefits<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-2069\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2069\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tdbank4.site.findly.com\/en-CA\/why-choose-us\/community-involvement\/\">Our Community Involvement<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-20059\" class=\"sidebar-accordion menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-20059\"><a href=\"#\">Diversity &#038; Inclusion<\/a>\n\t<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-2071\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2071\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tdbank4.site.findly.com\/en-CA\/why-choose-us\/diversity\/\">Our Commitment to Diversity<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-20145\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20145\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tdbank4.site.findly.com\/en-CA\/why-choose-us\/diversity\/peoplewithdisabilities\/\">People With Disabilities<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-2073\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2073\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tdbank4.site.findly.com\/en-CA\/why-choose-us\/environment\/\">Protecting our Environment<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-2075\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2075\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tdbank4.site.findly.com\/en-CA\/why-choose-us\/leadership\/\">Our Leadership<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-2077\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2077\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tdbank4.site.findly.com\/en-CA\/why-choose-us\/training-development\/\">Training &amp; Development<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_three_fourth  mainCell  \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:0px 30px 30px 30px ; background-color:#ffffff; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><p><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div first  \" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 class=\"copyHeading\">Our Commitment to Diversity<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n [avia_codeblock_placeholder uid=\"0\"] <br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"transcript\" class=\"transcript-block\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Fag.<br \/>\nDyke.<br \/>\nGet back in the closet dyke.<br \/>\n&#8220;Jimmy es un maric\u00f3n&#8221;. Maric\u00f3n. Spanish word, in English it&#8217;s a faggot, basically.<br \/>\nLGBT Students hear anti-gay slurs an average of 26 times a day.<br \/>\nIt was right over a summer, immediately starting in a new school, and those names started flying, peeople calling me fag, and femee, and what have you.<br \/>\nWhatever joy you had, whatever smiles you had at the time, it just all comes down.<br \/>\nSixty four percent of LGBT youth feel unsafe at school.<br \/>\nPeople making fun of me, and pushing me into lockers, and telling me to go back in the closet, and don&#8217;t be who I am at school. They don&#8217;t want to see it, they don&#8217;t want me to flaunt it in their faces.<br \/>\nI kind of just kept it inside, thinking that it&#8217;ll eventually stop and go away, or maybe they&#8217;ll find someone else to pick on.<br \/>\nThere was a shame to it, a strong shame to it.<br \/>\nI did not want to be hated. And I was just too afraid to tell anyone who I was inside or that part of me.<br \/>\nYou keep your head down, you try to avoid speaking to anyone.<br \/>\nI used to hurt myself when I was in high school. I cut myself, just something to feel pain, something to see that I was actually alive.<br \/>\nLGBT youth are up to four times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers.<br \/>\nThere are so many casualties of suicide that just don&#8217;t have to happen. They really don&#8217;t. I think that they just need to know that somebody understands what they&#8217;re feeling and turn around and have someone tell them but you know what you can do this, you can make it through, just keep pushing on.<br \/>\nI just think those kids were unlucky that they didn&#8217;t have the support that I had.<br \/>\nJoe&#8217;s ally: his mom Milissa.<br \/>\nShe just said, listen, I found this letter, and you know I want you to be open with us and let us know what&#8217;s going on. So I said yeah, you know I&#8217;m gay.<br \/>\nIt was my responsibility as his ally to get him someone you look up to that was gay, and give him the guidance and be there to answer those questions that he might have.<br \/>\nAfterwards I felt relieved and thankful because I didn&#8217;t have to hide anything anymore. It wasn&#8217;t a big secret.<br \/>\nAllison&#8217;s ally: her dad Gord.<br \/>\nI was able to understand who she was and what she was all about, and to give her the love and support she needed to be who she is today.<br \/>\nI think it just takes that one person to start and help you feel more comfortable with who you are and it&#8217;s a domino effect.<br \/>\nJimmy&#8217;s ally: his friend Sherea.<br \/>\nJimmy is my best friend, he&#8217;s my brother from another mother. We instantly just clicked.<br \/>\nBeing able to share those stories, and have those conversations, you know, it made it feel a little bit more normal.<br \/>\nRyan&#8217;s allies: his parents Joan and Jay.<br \/>\nThe minute that it was out in the open, it just created a whole space where we could just genuinely, authentically interact with each other.<br \/>\nWe can talk about things as they come up. It&#8217;s not as if all questions have to be answered in this moment.<br \/>\nWhere there was only darkness, now there was this haven of hope and light, um, which was my home, and where better to have that?.<br \/>\nScott&#8217;s ally: his friend Kira.<br \/>\nWe met probably eighth grade into freshman year and we just hit it off right away.<br \/>\nWe can pretty well talk about anything, and you wouldn&#8217;t feel like you were going to be judged or made fun of.<br \/>\nShe was always there as my friend to rely on that I knew I could trust.<br \/>\nReigh Leigh&#8217;s ally: her mom Bonnie.<br \/>\nNo matter what people said to me at school, I was going to be able to go home and not have to think about feeling bad about being gay.<br \/>\nWe can&#8217;t fight their battles. We can stand behind them and support them.<br \/>\nTo those people who can be potential allies, that can be potential support to a struggling, gay teen. Rise to the occasion.<br \/>\nBetter is when someone sees the world as a world of opportunity, where they can be themselves. Without ever feeling that sense of hostility. It does get better.<br \/>\nEd Clark, President and CEO of TD Bank Group. I want to address young people, who are members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Many of you may be struggling with issues of how to come out in a potentially hostile environment. Or some of you may have come out and feel trapped in a hostile environment. And you ask, will it get better? Yes it will. It is hard to be different in an environment which does not celebrate your difference. But this is not your fault. You must remember that the issue isn&#8217;t you. What you are is wonderful. The issue is a group of people who are trapped in historical and anger, which have no place in a modern society. In the long run it&#8217;ll be their loss, not yours. But in the meantime, it is a terrible burden for you to carry. The pain can be terrible. You can feel trapped. Do not carry the burden alone. Reach out for support. Feel the love and support of people who care for you, who do get it. And know that a great world awaits you, exciting jobs and careers in organizations where you will feel comfortable. Great communities where people want you to live as part of their community. There are people who dont even know you, who care about you, and are excited about what you will bring to the world, and I am one of them. I believe we all have a role to play. Friends, families, coleagues, and communities. Become an ally. We can make it better. It does get better. Stay focused on getter there.<br \/>\nMake it better.<br \/>\nMake it better.<br \/>\nMake it better.<br \/>\nMake it better.<br \/>\nMake it better.<br \/>\nYou can make it better.<br \/>\nYou can make it better.<br \/>\nYou can make it better.<br \/>\nYou can make it better.<br \/>\nI will make it better.<br \/>\nI will make it better.<br \/>\nI will make it better.<br \/>\nWe will make it better.<br \/>\nMake it better.<br \/>\nIf you need help, for youth in Canada KidsHelpPhone.ca 1-800-668-6868. Kids Help Phone.<br \/>\nFor youth in the US, the Trevor project, saving young lives. The Trevor Lifeline 866-488-7386.<br \/>\nFor Parents, Fiends and Allies &#8211; Canada PFLAG Canada www.pflagcanada.ca. US PLFAG www.pflag.org.<br \/>\nTD and its employees are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive work palce and supporting members of the LGBT community and their allies.<\/p>\n<p>END OF TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>To be The Better Bank, we need the best people. We discover new ways of thinking, foster a culture of inclusion and make our business stronger by engaging individuals with a wide range of experience, backgrounds and abilities.<\/p>\n<p>When you join TD, you\u2019ll be part of a culture built on respect \u2013 one that recognizes the unique talents of everyone on the team. With a genuine commitment to diversity, we\u2019ve created a business where employees and customers feel comfortable regardless of background, religion, race, gender, physical ability or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<h2>Indigenous Peoples<\/h2>\n<p>Attracting, developing and enabling the career growth of Indigenous people is a key priority for us.\u00a0 We&#8217;re creating an informed and respectful workplace where it is possible to pursue a challenging and fulfilling career while remaining connected to community and culture.\u00a0 We have an active Employee Circle and through our partnerships, community investments and suite of products and services, we are focused on the economic development and social wellbeing of Indigenous employees, customers and communities across Canada. \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>People with Disabilities<\/h2>\n<p>TD is invested in providing an accessible and supportive environment for all of our employees. Our commitment to fostering an inclusive culture includes people with disabilities. TD\u2019s Assistive Technology program tests new technology, partners with employees to ensure that they are comfortable with their accommodation and provides advice to IT teams on accessibility. At TD, we are committed to providing workplace accommodations, and will work with you to meet your needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"learn-more-btn\"><a href=\"\/en-CA\/why-choose-us\/diversity\/peoplewithdisabilities\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>2SLGBTQ+<\/h2>\n<p>Creating a respectful and welcoming workplace for our Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Plus employees is important to us. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve built a work environment where all of our employees can be comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. Our 2SLGBTQ+ resource groups enable our employees to participate in awareness and education, recruitment, mentoring, community outreach and other TD initiatives for the 2SLGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n<h2>Minorities<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019re committed to finding, building and nurturing talent from people of all backgrounds. We seek to foster a diverse and inclusive culture, from offering internships and mentorship programs to recruiting diverse talent.<\/p>\n<h2>Women<\/h2>\n<p>For us, expanding opportunities for women is essential to developing great leaders and advancing our business. Our Women in Leadership network, composed of more than 11,500 women across Canada and the U.S., gives our female employees the chance to connect, encourage and mentor each other. 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